F AUTHORS

last updated 03/08/07

FAHERTY, TERENCE

Indianian Faherty writes about Owen Keane, an ex-seminarian and now a law firm researcher/stockboy/detective who is an amateur acting like a P. I. and Sean Elliott, an actor turned P. I.

Deadstick. Worldwide Library 26167, 5/95p. F: pb. $5.

Deadstick. Worldwide Library 26167, 5/95p. VGF: pb. Keane #1. $4.

Die dreaming. Worldwide Library 26207-8, 1p:7/96. VGF:pb. Keane #4. $5.

Die dreaming. Worldwide Library 26207-8, 1p:7/96. VG:pb. Keane #4. $4.

Live to regret. Worldwide 26180-2, 1p:10/95, VG:pb. Keane #2. $4.

The lost Keats. Worldwide 26192-6, 1p:2/96. VGF:pb. Keane #3. $5.

The ordained. Worldwide 26296-5, 1p:1/99. VGF:pb. Keane #6. $4.

Prove the nameless. Worldwide 26269-8, 1p:4/98. VGF:pb. Keane #5. $5.

FAIR, A. A. (pseud. of Erle Stanley Gardner)

Bertha Cool owns her agency, but she is dependent on Donald Lam to get it done. A great series.

Cut thin to win. Pocket 50412, 1p:4/66. VG:pb. Cool #26. $4.

Cut thin to win. Pocket 50412, 1p:4.66. VG:pb. Cool #26. $4.

Cut thin to win. Pocket 50412, 1p:4/66. VG:pb. Cool #26. $4.

FAIRLIE, GERARD

John Macall is a British P. I. who fights occassionally on this side of the Atlantic.

Deadline for Macall. Hodder C336, 2p:1958. VG:pb. Macall #3. $5.

FARRELL, GILLIAN B.

Just like her author, P. I. Annie McGrogan is an actress/investigator.

Alibi for an actress. Pocket 75708-3, 1p:7/93. F:pb. McGrogan #1. $6.

Alibi for an actress. Pocket 75708-3, 2p:nd. VGF:pb. McGrogan #1. $4.

Murder and a muse. Pocket 75711-3, 1p:8/95. F:pb. McGrogan #2. $6.

Murder and a muse. Pocket 75711-3, 1p:8/95. VG:pb. McGrogan #2. $4.

FARREN, MICK

Marlowe is a man living in the past, and also the future, in this science fiction novel.

The long orbit. Del Rey 35318-8, 1p:9/88. VGF:PBO, S. F. P. I. Marlowe #1. $6.

FEIFFER, JULES

Cartoonist Feiffer took a comic poke at our favorite genre with his P. I. Ackroyd.

Ackroyd. Avon 39347, 1p:8/78. VG:pb. Ackroyd #1. $4.

FENADY, ANDREW J.

Plastic surgery allows detective Sam Marlow to act and look like the P. I. archtype, Humphrey Bogart.

The man with Bogart’s face. Avon 36467, 1p:2/78. F:pb. Marlow #1. $6.

The man with Bogart’s face. Avon 36467, 1p:2/78. G:pb. Marlow #1. $3.

FICKLING, G. G. (pseud. of Gloria and Foreest E. Fickling)

Here she is: the incomparable Honey West! Oh, yeah, and Eric March.

TCOT radioactive redhead. Belmont 90-281, 1p:4/63. VGF:PBO. March #2. $10.

Naughty but dead. Belmont 91-252, 1p:2/62. VGF:PBO. March #1. $10.

FLIEGEL, RICHARD

This PBO series features cop Shelly Lowenkopf for five books, and then in book six, Shelly goes to work for the Pfeiffer agency, which he will acquire at the end of #6.

The man who murdered himself. Pocket 74451-8, 1p:3/94. VG:PBO. Lowenkopf #7. $5.

A minyan for the dead. Pocket 74449-6, 1p:/3/93. VG:PBO. Lowenkopf #6. $5.

The next to die. Bantam 26025-1, 1p:12/86. VG:PBO. Lowenkopf #1. $5.

The next to die. Pocket 68849-9, 1p:11/89. VGF:pb. Lowenkopf #1. $4.

FLINN, DENNY MARTIN

Sherlock Holmes’s grandson Spencer Holmes is an investigator in San Francisco in these two books.

Killer finish. Bantam 29157-2, 1p:8/91. VGF:PBO. Holmes #2. $6.

San Francisco kills. Bantam 28044-9, 1p:1/91. VG:PBO. Holmes #1. $5.

FORD, G(erald) M.

Leo Waterman’s wild alcohol-fueled adventures take place in Seattle.

The bum’s rush. Avon 72763-3, 1p:3/98. F:pb, review copy. Waterman #3. $6.

The bum’s rush. Avon 72763-3, 1p:3/98. G:pb. Waterman #3. $3.

Cast in stone. Avon 72762-5, 1p:3/97. VGF:pb. Waterman #2. $5.

Who in hell is Wanda Fuca? Avon 72761-7, 1p:10/96. F:pb. Waterman #1. $6.

Who in hell is Wanda Fuca? Avon 72761-7, 1p:10/96. VGF:pb. Waterman #1. $5.

FORTUNE, FRANKLIN (Comic book character)

“What do you get when Philip Marlowe meets Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and La Cage Aux Folles?”

Fortune’s friends: hell week. Starblaze 469-6, 1p:10/86. F:tPBO. $12.

FOX, JAMES M. (pseud. of James M. W. Knipscheer)

Johnny Marshall is a P. I. whose wife Suzy plays an important role in his cases.

Death commits bigamy. Graphic 14, 1p:1949. G:pb. Marshall #6. $5.

The inconvenient bride. Dell 463, npi{1950}. G:pb, mapback. Marshall #7. $3.

FOX, PETER

Technological Investigator Lucius P. Finn is featured in this techno-thriller.

Downtime. Berkley 10550-4, 1p:1/88. F:PBO. Finn #1. $7.

FRANCIS, DICK

Sid Halley has retired from bring a jockey but he makes a great private investigator.

Odds against. Fawcett Crest 21269-6, 3p:8/88. VG:pb. Halley #1. $3.

Whip hand. Pocket 41903-X, 1p:3/81. VG:pb. Halley #2. $4.

Whip hand. Fawcett Crest 21274-2, 10p:9/91. F:pb. Halley #2. $5.

FRANKEL, VALERIE

Wanda Mallory is one of the tough female P. I.s, this one working in New York.

A body to die for. Pocket 79520-1, 1p:7/95. N:PBO. Mallory #4. $8.

A deadline for murder. Pocket 73021-5, 1p:2/91. F:PBO. Mallory #1. $7.

A deadline for murder. Pocket 73021-5, 1p:2/91. VGF:PBO. Mallory #1. $6.

Murder on wheels. Pocket 73195-5, 1p:3/92. VGF:PBO. Mallory #2. $6.

Prime time for murder. Pocket 79519-8, 1p:1/94. VGF:PBO. Mallory #3. $6.

Prime time for murder. Pocket 79519-8, 1p:1/94. VG:PBO. Mallory #3. $5.

FRANKLIN, EUGENE (pseud. of Franklin Bandy)

Can an ex-hippy and a hypochondriac find happiness as a private detective team?

The bold house murders. Dell 1411, 1p:10/74. VGF: pb. Howe & Barnes #3. $5.

The bold house murders. Dell 1411, 1p:10/74. VG: pb. Howe & Barnes #3. $4.

The money murders. Dell 5782, 1p:12/74. VG: pb. Howe & Barnes #2. $4.

The money murders by Franklin Bandy (orig by Eugene Franklin). Stein & Day 8180-X, 1p:1985. F: reprint pb. Howe and Barnes #2. $5.

The money murders by Franklin Bandy (orig by Eugene Franklin). Stein & Day 8180-X, 1p:1985. G: reprint pb. Howe and Barnes #2. $2.

Murder trapp. Dell 6136, 1p:10/74. VG:pb. Howe and Barnes #1. $3.

FRAZER, ROBERT CAINE (pseud. of John Creasey)

One of this author’s bazillion pseuds., he used it to create the chief investigator for the Regal Investment Security Corporation, Mark Kilby, published in PBOs here in America.

The Hollywood hoax. Pocket 6064, 1p:3/61. VG:US PBO. Kilby #4. $5.

The Hollywood hoax. Pocket 6064, 1p:3/61. VG:US PBO. Kilby #4. $5.

The Hollywood hoax. Pocket 6064, 1p:3/61. R:US PBO. Kilby #4. $2.

Mark Kilby and the Miami mob. Pocket 6022, 1p:9/60. VG:US PBO. Kilby #3. $5.

Mark Kilby and the Miami mob. Pocket 6022, 1p:9/60. G:US PBO. Kilby #3. $4.

Mark Kilby and the secret syndicate. Pocket 6000, 1p:2/60. VG:US PBO. Kilby #2. $5.

Mark Kilby and the secret syndicate. Pocket 6000, 1p:2/60. G:US PBO. Kilby #2. $4.

Mark Kilby solves a murder (orig: R. I. S. C.; also The timid tycoon). Pocket 1261, 1p:10/59. VG:US PBO. Kilby #1. $5.

Mark Kilby stands alone (also: Mark Kilby and the Manhattan murders). Pocket 6138, 1p:7/62. VG:US PBO. Kilby #5. $5.

Mark Kilby takes a risk. Pocket 6104, 1p:11/61. VG:USPBO. Kilby #6. $5.

Mark Kilby takes a risk. Pocket 6104, 1p:11/61. VG:US PBO. Kilby #6. $5.

Mark Kilby takes a risk. Pocket 6104, 1p:11/61. G:US PBO. Kilby #6. $4.

FREY, JAMES N.

Odyssey Gallagher, San Francisco female P. I., has only one case to her credit, as does his ex-fighter P. I. Joe “Zank the Tank” Zanca.

A killing in dreamland. Bantam 27355-1, 1p:11/88. VGF:PBO. Zanca #2. $6.

The long way to die. Bantam 26564-4, 1p:9/87. VGF:PBO. Zanca #1. $6.

The long way to die. Bantam 26564-4, 1p:9/87. G:PBO. Zanca #1. $4.

FURIE, RUTHE

Frances Tremaine Kirk is a former abused spouse and a feisty private detective.

A deadly pate. Avon 78475-0, 1p:8/96. N:PBO, SIGNED. Kirk #3. $13.

A deadly pate. Avon 78475-0, 1p:8/96. F:PBO, SIGNED. Kirk #3. $7.

If looks could kill. Avon 77587-5, 1p:7/95. VGF:PBO, SIGNED slight back cover mars. Kirk #1. $11.00.

If looks could kill. Avon 77587-5, 1p:7/95. VGF:PBO, SIGNED, slight cover bumps. Kirk #1. $11.00.

If looks could kill. Avon 77587-5, 1p:7/95. VGF:PBO, SIGNED, one slight cover defect. Kirk #1. $11.00.

A natural death. Avon 77979-X, 1p:1/96. VGF:PBO. Kirk #2. $6.

FURUTANI, DALE

After Ken Tanaka sets himself up as a fake P. I. for a party, he gets to act like one in the award winning first novel by Furutani.

Death in Little Tokyo. St. Martins Dead Letter 96323-8, 1p:10/97. F:pb. Tanaka #1. $6.

Death in Little Tokyo. St. Martins Dead Letter 96323-8, 1p:10/97. VGF:pb. Tanaka #1. $5.

FUSILLI, JIM

This writer, now a single parent and grieving widower, is determined to become a P. I.

Closing time. Berkley Prime Crime 18712-8, 1p:10/02. F:pb.$6.